Claim of Hughes v. Held

Appeal from a decision and award of the State Industrial Board which held that there was a causal relation between claimant’s accident and the condition in his right eye which necessitated enucleation of the eye. The award was for total temporary disability for six weeks and $600 for serious facial disfigurement. Claimant had lost the use of the eye sometime prior to the accident. There was medical proof that the accident was the exciting factor in lighting up this old condition and that the train of symptoms and objective findings resulted from the accident. There is also proof to sustain…